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Below are text links and videos from a December 11, 2011 (12/11/11) evening of poetry readings at the Café...





the introduction to the Café
and Kuypers reading 3 of her poems
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of the intro to the 12/11/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Ogilvie” & poems “Take the Pain” and “Contempt for Man” from her book “Contents Under Pressure” (with music in the background from the HA!man of South Africa)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Ogilvie
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ogilvie” live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosted in Chicago (with accompanying music and video from the HA!man of South Africa).




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Take the Pain
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Take the Pain” live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosted in Chicago (with accompanying music and video from the HA!man of South Africa).




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Contempt for Man
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Contempt for Man” live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosted in Chicago (with accompanying music and video from the HA!man of South Africa).




Added bonus: poems from the 12/11 issues
of cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt magazine...

Janet Kuypers reading cc&d and Down in the Dirt 12/11 poetry
to Aboriginal music
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of Janet Kuypers reading cc&d and Down in the Dirt 12/11 poetry to Aboriginal music at the 12/11/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem by Mel Waldman
Nth Time
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Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem “Nth Time” by Mel Waldman live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem by Sarah Lucille Marchant
Not That I’ve Noticed
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of Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem “Not That I’ve Noticed” by Sarah Lucille Marchant live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem by E. J. Loera
Beethoven
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of Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem “Beethoven” by E. J. Loera live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem by Ben Macnair
No reason
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of Janet Kuypers reading the Down in the Dirt 12/11 poem “No reason” by Ben Macnair live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading the cc&d 12/11 poem
by Dan Fitzgerald
Soul Keeper
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of Janet Kuypers reading the cc&d 12/11 poem ␄Soul Keeper” by Dan Fitzgerald live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading the cc&d 12/11 poem
by Eric Shelman
Religion
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of Janet Kuypers reading the cc&d 12/11 poem “Religion” by Eric Shelman live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.




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    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 27/22/11, and Stripped from 12/11/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set




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